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The Wust surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 157 people carried this name — #111,988 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 19% from 132 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,040 people named Wust live in Switzerland.

They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

St. Gallen 679
Zurich 395
Aargau 261
Thurgau 126
Lucerne 111
Bern 105
Vaud 54
Basel-Landschaft 53

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 174 people named Wust.

28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 28
Bas-Rhin 83
Meurthe-et-Moselle 16
Haut-Rhin 15
Moselle 11
Paris 8
Vienne 3
Orne 3
Drôme 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 103 people named Wust live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Santa Fe 31
City of Buenos Aires 25
Misiones 25
Buenos Aires Province 22

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

21 people named Wust is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Wust,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Peter Wust
    Peter Wust 1884–1940 · teacher
  • Johann Wust 1600–1700 · printer
  • Balthasar Christoph Wust 1630–1707 · printer
  • Balthasar Christoph Wust 1650–1750 · printer
  • Wilhelm Wust 1800– · painter
  • Emma Wust 1853–1933

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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